Let’s just get this out of the way: It’s important not to over-index the Chicago Fire’s 7-1 victory over D.C. United. Both teams put out heavily rotated lineups, and were missing a combined 20 players to injuries, international duty, or other causes, including key starters, and
TTWith MLS halfway through its 30th season, the Chicago Fire have 22 points and are sitting in 11th place in the Eastern Conference, two places, and three points, out of the final postseason spot. That isn’t really the whole story, however: The Fire have played just 15 games, two
The Chicago Fire bookended what turned out to be a strong month, bookending May with games against Orlando City. Four weeks after keeping Orlando off the scoresheet despite being down a man for a majority of the game, the Fire walked away with a 3-1 victory. The win gave the
The universe balances itself in mysterious ways. The Chicago Fire hosted Orlando right after conceding the most goals in team history against Nashville the match prior. The team responded by smothering Orlando’s great-on-paper attack with a confident defensive performance despite playing down a man for most of the match
For the second time this week, the Fire are headed to the East Coast. Returning victorious from Tuesday’s U.S. Open Cup match against the New England Revolution in Rhode Island, the Fire spent several days training in Chicago before heading to face New York City FC. This match
Sometimes, you have to win ugly. That’s something the Chicago Fire are likely telling themselves on their return to Chicago after their 3-1 victory over the New England Revolution, in a game where the scoreline flatters the performance. In the end, however, the how is irrelevant: The Fire won,
In what seems like a blink of an eye after their win in Charlotte, the Chicago Fire continue their road swing, heading out for a Tuesday matchup against the New England Revolution. The match is the 92nd all-time matchup between the two teams, and the fourth in U.S. Open
In what felt like the team's most complete game to date, the Fire scored four goals against Charlotte, the first time any MLS team has been able to accomplish that in the Queen City (Southern edition). Here's four things we learned from the statement win by
The Chicago Fire are heading to Charlotte to kick off a four-game road trip that will be the team’s final lengthy stay away from home this season. The last time the team left Soldier Field for multiple weeks, they came back with a perfect nine points out of the
While the NFL schedule release is eagerly anticipated by many sports fans throughout Chicago, it is met instead with trepidation in one place in the city: The offices of the Chicago Fire. The Fire and Bears share Soldier Field as a home venue, but the terms of the NFL franchise’
The Fire finally have their home win, beating a struggling Atlanta United team 2-1 in the team’s second and final home game in May. The victory, the Fire’s first since March 29th, improves the Fire to an even 4W-4D-4L on the season. Although the team’s position in
Fresh off a U.S. Open Cup victory that gave the Chicago Fire their home win of 2025, the team returns to league play as they host Atlanta United. The team will hope to carry over the form they found against lower-division Detroit City and find their first home win
Sixty-seven days after the Chicago Fire’s first home game of the season, the team will host Detroit City FC in the first U.S. Open Cup match of their campaign. In a sense, the game was always going to be must-win: Given the single-elimination nature of the tournament, advancing
Moral victories don't count for much, but having a great series of chances where the Fire had everything but a goal followed by a gutsy defensive performance while down a man, there's a lot to like about what we saw from the Fire last night. Here&
How do the Chicago Fire respond after conceding the most goals in a match ever in the team’s 28-season-long history? There’s a phrase that all of us have heard at one point or another when confronted with a failure or setback, whether in professional careers or romantic relationships,
The Fire gave up the most goals in team history in Nashville last night, and while it’s hard to take in too many life lessons while you’re knocked out cold, here’s five things we learned. 1. This was bad. Real bad. Yes, that’s obvious. But putting
